Brad,

Please elaborate on what you mean by " the command line version really runs
like a dog while I'm in screen saver.  "  It's a fact that if you're trying
to run the screensaver and the command line client at the same time you'll
see miserable performance.

Although it is possible to run mutiple instances of the SETI@home task
simultaneously, there is absolutely no advantage to doing so.  None, nada,
zip.  For best results, only one instance of the SETI@home client should be
running at any given time on a single processor machine, and you definitely
should not be trying to run any screensaver and the text client at the same
time.

If you aren't already done so, you might wish to subscribe to mailing lists
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[alt.sci.seti] and [sci.astro.seti].  Much useful information about the
SETI@home project is dicussed in those forums.

Good luck.  Let me know how you make out.

Very truly yours,
Jeffrey Ottie
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Loomis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 12:32 PM Subject:
Seti command line version question

" I have been running both the Seti screen saver and the command line
simultaneously for quite some time with no problems. "

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